tinydancer
Diamond Member
By the way, if one wants to understand why the refugees would prefer to stay in the ME with the dream of returning home one day, you should learn about Syria before this bullshit Arab Spring to depose Assad. Too bad we've been investing in destroying the country.
Here's just part of a great article to explain a Syrian's reticence to come to a new country.
"The diversity of the Syrian people
For centuries, Syria has been a melting pot of religion and ethnicities. According to Tara, who is Orthodox Christian, and her fiance, a Sunni Muslim, mixed marriages are common than people think — though since the start of the war, it has been increasingly difficult.
Syria’s majority are Sunni Muslim, while 12 more than cent are Alawite Muslims and four per cent are Druze. The remainder of the population is 10 per cent Christian with small Jewish enclaves in Syrian cities, while northeast of Syria has a Kurdish majority, nine per cent of the population.
“I’ve lived in Syria my whole life, and I never had a problem as a Christian. Muslims were always helpful, including when it came to things like finding a job,” Tara says."
Five things you never knew about Syria before the war
Here's just part of a great article to explain a Syrian's reticence to come to a new country.
"The diversity of the Syrian people
For centuries, Syria has been a melting pot of religion and ethnicities. According to Tara, who is Orthodox Christian, and her fiance, a Sunni Muslim, mixed marriages are common than people think — though since the start of the war, it has been increasingly difficult.
Syria’s majority are Sunni Muslim, while 12 more than cent are Alawite Muslims and four per cent are Druze. The remainder of the population is 10 per cent Christian with small Jewish enclaves in Syrian cities, while northeast of Syria has a Kurdish majority, nine per cent of the population.
“I’ve lived in Syria my whole life, and I never had a problem as a Christian. Muslims were always helpful, including when it came to things like finding a job,” Tara says."
Five things you never knew about Syria before the war